They nearly fooled me....right up to the point they wanted my card number....sheesh.... Congratulations! You've earned the honor of joining the eBay Silver PowerSeller Program. Come and join us. When you join the PowerSeller program, you'll be able to receive more of the support you'll need for continued success. So, why wait? Join now! PowerSeller icon next to your User ID in recognition of your hard work. PowerSeller Priority Support via email webform and phone support at Silver level and above. Exclusive offerings on the PowerSeller portal--check in frequently to see updated program benefits and special offers! Discussion Board for you to network with other PowerSellers. Free PowerSeller Business Templates for business cards and letterhead. Membership to the PowerSeller program is FREE. Joining is a simple process: 1. Go to the eBay home page (www.ebay.com). 2. Click on the "site map" link located at the top of the home page. 3. Click on the "Features and Benefits" link located under the "PowerSeller Program" heading. (This is located in the middle column near the top of the page.) 4. Click on "Member Sign In" and enter your user information. 5. Accept the Terms and Conditions. Please note that you must register by the last day of the month. Again, congratulations and best wishes for your continued success! Regards, eBay PowerSeller Team If you agree with this rank please Become an eBay Power Seller within 24 hours -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- eBay sent this communication to you because of your outstanding feedback, high sales, and compliance with eBay marketplace policies. If you would not like to be invited to join the PowerSeller program, follow the directions above, click "Member Sign In", and then click "Decline" at the bottom of the page. Please note that it may take up to 10 days to process your request. Copyright © 2005 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners. eBay and the eBay logo are trademarks of eBay Inc. eBay is located at 2145 Hamilton Avenue, San Jose, CA 95125. Nice try, guys..but no catch.....
Seems pretty real to me. They direct you to the actual eBay homepage and sign in. You are required to supply a credit card number in order to sell Items. The again, maybe I missed something
Well, I don't qualify, so I don't get past the "Member Sign In" stage. To that stage, it is the real e-Bay site. What happens afterwards? Do they want to charge to join the program? This is not exactly phishing, per se. Isn't phishing when an illegimate company tries to duplicate a site such as e-Bay in order to fraudulently obtain your personal information?
I sent an email to ebay regarding it, as I have a few "surplus" thingies around here I might want to sell here soon...so the icon would be nice...BUT, that said..i am wary of ebay asking ffor the card number considering they never had it in the first place.....but, I have an OLD card I could use...just to see...can you imagine the angst of the hackers when they find out I gave them the card number for a closed account?? heheheheheh...I like it...
I've been selling on eBay for eight years. They've never sent me any kind of offer such as this. I'd be wary of it actually being an eBay page. Phishers use pages that look just like real eBay pages. But they are not. Check the IP address through a Whois such as Arin. Boxcab E50
Wondered where the odor of week-old stinkbait came from....... Slick ad, but worthy only of a fast flush down the toilet with the rest of the you-know-what.
I went to the eBay home page (typing the address in manually), followed the instructions and found this: "Membership is FREE! eBay automatically invites qualified sellers via email." That being the case, it may be authentic. The main clue to phishing is that you are supposed to link directly from the email message, and you are taken to a fake page.
The easiset way to determine a phish is by right clicking and selecting 'view source'. Inside all the code that comes up, look down through it for something close to the part the link was. There should be a section with URL in square brackets followed by the URL it takes you too. Generally a phish will have the site name, semi colon, IP address. The semi colon is a (deliberate) bug in Internet explorer that allows it to pass logon information to the web page it hits, but a side effect is that it will also 'redirect' your web browser to another location...wo something like {URL} www.ebay.com/service;207.142.36.7:1467{/URL} will LOOK like ebay, but actually take you to the IP address that follows the semi colon. Its not quite as smiple as that, in true tech speak, but this is just a simplified answer Best way to avoid this? Never, ever, hit a link in email..... Cut the link out of the email, then paste it into your browser window....
This page tells you many of the ways they fool you. It is worth checking out. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/general/SecuritySpoof-outside
I got one this morning about "Limited Access" to my PayPal account, purportedly from PayPal. Only one small problem there - I do NOT have a PayPal account! Forwarded the message to spoof@paypal.com.
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Where it shows: "1. Go to the eBay home page (www.ebay.com)" in the originally pasted message to this thread, the (www.ebay.com) was likely a live link. If you folks ever receive one of these messages, you can hover your cursor over this, without clicking, and at the bottom left of your screen, it will show the address. Which I guarantee would have taken you to a bogus web site, set up to mimic eBay. Also, beware if you go to these web sites. They can be set up to stick a tracking cookie, or worse, spyware on your computer. Boxcab E50
Yes, you can also right click on the e-mail for properties (in Outlook or Outlook Express) and it will show you the actual website, not what the hyperlink says. FYI... Microsoft offers free spyware protection in addition to others available on the Web. Harold
